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TIL the woman who had prayer abolished in school, Madalyn O'Hair, was murdered along with her son and granddaughter.

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yVAX8 TIL Mozart wrote a concerto for flute and harp on commission for a French flutist and his harpist daughter. Mozart was never paid for the pierce and therefore he never wrote for the harp again. In Mozart's 40 concertos, he only wrote once for the combined flute and harp
oRw88 TIL before filming Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, director Alfonso Cuarón asked Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson to write essays about their characters. Watson submitted a 16-page essay, Radcliffe handed in a single page, and Grint forgot to turn his in.
LkJyd TIL The Beechcraft Bonanza airplane is nicknamed "the doctor killer". This is due to the number of wealthy professionals who take up flying as a hobby and end up crashing in it.
jNoRN TIL a 5 year old child was sacrificed in Chile after the largest earthquake ever recorded. The two charged were released after 2 years, as the judge ruled they "acted without free will, driven by an irresistible natural force of ancestral tradition."
EkQp TIL a Russian movie director invaded a Ukrainian city and turned it into a 1952 totalitarian society movie set in which for 3 years, actors never left. Including hidden cameras, 24-7 mandatory 1950’s Soviet clothing, canned food stamped with 1952 expiration dates, and fines for using modern phrases.